English Explanatory Dictionary

bummery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The faction of the Industrial Workers of the World in the 20th century which favored direct action.
noun
  1. Obsolete form of bottomry.

Word forms

bummery

Etymology

From bum + -ery and the idea that they were a collective of bums?

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